Did you somehow miss Decon's Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Tour when it hit your city this summer? Well if you did, we've got something to let you know all the dopeness you missed out on with the above for "The Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Anthem" featuring The Alchemist, Dilated Peoples, Aceyalone and 88-Keys. The video was directed by our boy Jason Goldwatch and gives you a behind the scenes look at all the stops of the tour. As a bonus in collaboration with Decon, we're selling Fresh Rhymes and Videotape Tour Tees in the OKP store packaged with the upcomingFresh Rhymes & Videotape Vol. 1 CD/DVD. The CD features 5 new collaborative tracks from the artists featured on the tour as well as a DVD with a documentary style short film about life on the road with some of the most well-seasoned performers in the game. Fresh Rhymes & Videotape Vol. 1 will be available October 14th but you can order yours now!
Bonus: large version of the group photo seen on our home page.
On this weeks' G4 Freestyle 101 segment Aceyalone is featured in a "Rock The Vote Special." After Acey introduces himself he spits a new song for us called "Power To The People" off of his upcoming album The Lonely Ones dropping November 25th on Decon. He then goes on to tell people why it's so important to vote and shares who he thinks the most political rappers are and the impact they had on him.
Our good friends at Decon hit us up with this "Anthem" off of their upcoming EP, Decon Explains:
"Fresh Rhymes & Videotape, Vol. 1" is part of a new series of audio/visual centric releases from Decon. The Digital & Physical projects combine 6-10 new tracks with conceptual video integration from some of today's most promising up and coming as well as established artists. Coming October 14th!
Stay tuned for more of these mash-up releases from Decon, including new projects from Evidence, Izza Kizza, Aceyalone and others!
The Good people at Mixcast.tv put together this dope mini documentary of Decon's Fresh Rhymes and Videotape tour. The video includes performance clips and interviews with Dilated Peoples, Alchemist, Aceyalone, and 88-Keys. The final two shows are tonight in Los Angeles at HOB and Sunday in San Diego at Belly Up. If you didn't catch the tour while it was in your area...you lost. Enjoy this video and don't play yourself next time a Decon tour comes to your town.
The Fresh Ryhmes & Videotape tour featuring Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, and 88Keys kicked off Monday June 2nd in Seattle Washington. The tour bus is wrapped to look like an MTA Subway car and just might be the craziest wrap of a tour bus ever. Shout out to Decon (what up Yoram!) and 2KSports. I see a few okayplayer tags on there. Good lookin'!
Word from the road is that Kanye West showed up at the show in Portland where he joined 88 for an encore performance of his song "Stay Up! (Viagra)" followed by a quick acapella verse from Ye' (hmmm, I wonder if it was the same one from Summer Jam), and then "This Way" with Dilated.
NYC, come out tonight for our Grape Juice Friday party at Black Swan Wine Bar (70 Greene St.) in SoHo! There will be live performances by Aceyalone, 88-Keys, and more.
If you're in NYC, stop through our Grape Juice Friday party, this Fri. at Black Swan Wine Bar (70 Greene St.)! It's a Decon Records extravaganza, with performances by Aceyalone, 88-Keys, and more, along with an exclusive video premiere from Jason Goldwatch (known to many of you from Dilated PeoplesThe Release Party, and much more). Open bar too, holler!
